Supreme Court of Georgia· 10/31/2016
West v. State
Citations
- 300 Ga. 39
- 793 S.E.2d 57
- 2016 Ga. LEXIS 702
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that a statement that constitutes an “upbraid, insult, or abuse” that can be classified as fighting words is not subject to First Amendment protections
- “While this Court has the authority to narrow a statute to avoid unconstitutional infirmities under our system of separation of powers, this Court does not have the authority to rewrite statutes.” (punctuation omitted)
- “While this Court has the authority to narrow a statute to avoid unconstitutional infirmities under our system of separation of powers, this Court does not have the authority to rewrite statutes.” (punctuation omitted)
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Judges: Hunstein
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7 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Major v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2017-05-15· cited 31×
- Harris v. MahoneCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-03-01· cited 26×
- MAYS v. the STATE.Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-04-25· cited 12×
- Columbus Consolidated Government v. WoodyCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-06-30· cited 9×
- Knowles v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-02-21· cited 5×
- WILLIAMS, CONGRESSWOMAN v. POWELLSupreme Court of Georgia· 2024-10-31· cited 2×
- GREGORY ALLEN HISE v. THOMAS C. BORDEAUX, JR.Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-06-07
Cites
23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 4,586×
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court· 1973-06-25· cited 4,338×
- Ward v. Rock Against RacismSupreme Court· 1989-08-30· cited 3,406×
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court· 1969-02-24· cited 3,241×
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court· 1942-03-09· cited 2,706×
- New York v. FerberSupreme Court· 1982-07-02· cited 2,505×
- Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of University of VirginiaSupreme Court· 1995-06-29· cited 1,827×
- United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court· 2008-05-19· cited 1,677×
- City of Houston v. HillSupreme Court· 1987-06-15· cited 1,428×
- United States v. StevensSupreme Court· 2010-04-20· cited 1,327×
- Ashcroft v. Free Speech CoalitionSupreme Court· 2002-04-16· cited 1,129×
- Osborne v. OhioSupreme Court· 1990-06-04· cited 897×
- United States v. AlvarezSupreme Court· 2012-06-28· cited 536×
- Lewis v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court· 1974-02-20· cited 533×
- Deal v. ColemanSupreme Court of Georgia· 2013-11-18· cited 498×
- Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties UnionSupreme Court· 2002-05-13· cited 386×
- State v. FieldenSupreme Court of Georgia· 2006-04-25· cited 73×
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of Georgia· 1990-12-05· cited 66×
- Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery, P.C. v. NestlehuttSupreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-22· cited 64×
- Scott v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2016-07-05· cited 37×
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